Reviews

Aniara: An Epic Science Fiction Poem by Harry Martinson

jullev's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

best thing ive ever read

sara0011's review

slow-paced

2.0

pfwhitman's review

challenging mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

2.75

Poems still are not in my wheelhouse but the journey that this book moves through is fascinating. Slowing reading down and really delving into this ships endless journey. Fascinating as no hope of survival does to the minds of the travelers as they lose and gain hope, create cults and try to ignore the inevitable.

mynkmynk's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

5.0

argsill77eldemoji's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

hanomalies's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

sagaelectra's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

drewbagelz's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.25

I recently saw the 2018 movie and loved it so much, I wanted to read the source material. The problem is, I don't really "get" poetry, sometimes to a degree where I literally can't understand what I'm reading at all. Even having seen the film, a lot of the words on these pages just did not translate to anything remotely conceivable to my brain. Some of that is due to Martinson's use of unique vocabulary invented specifically for Ariana, but a lot of it was not. I'm giving it a gentleman's 3 because it's not the book's fault that I'm not literate enough to comprehend its form, and I did enjoy the parts I could understand, but I really wish this would have resonated with me the way the movie did. There was a "Notes" section at the end of the book that explained some of the terminology and I wish I had known it was there before finishing all the cantos, but I don't think it would have made a huge difference. 

boygenius_'s review against another edition

4.0

A pesar de lo interesante del tema y de cómo está narrado me costó la lectura. La poesía de ciencia ficción es una gran épica griega futurista y este libro no es la excepción.

La figura de la Mima es lejos lo mejor.

mcrome04's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0